An adolescent’s job is to figure out where they fit in the scheme of life. Our job as adults is to support that process.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Opinion: Summer reveals weakness of students’ Gaza protests
I didn’t think the disruptive, unethical agitation would be sustained. I was right.
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Opinion: Beware the antiabortion ‘clinic’ in Maine
Legal but unethical, crisis pregnancy centers’ maneuvers can be misleading and dangerous.
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Opinion: Law students demand solutions to Maine’s Sixth Amendment crisis
We urge the local legal community to react with respect for the fundamental constitutional rights of all. The future of our work depends on it.
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Opinion: Support of Trump leaves me stumped
Why do so many decent and well-respected people support this candidate?
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Commentary: Biden bumbles, Trump lies and we all lose
There were many firsts attending Thursday night’s mud wrestle between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. It was the earliest presidential debate in history. The first between two candidates of such a ripe age. The only one ever pitting the occupant of the Oval Office against the man he ousted. But for anyone who’s paid even […]
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Hilary Koch: After the debate, Biden must step aside. The stakes are too high
The first presidential debate was a wake-up call for everyone who understands the threat poised to this country by Donald Trump.
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Commentary: Any day is Flag Day
Be proud of what the American flag stands for, writes a museum curator.
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Douglas Rooks: Leadership, not recriminations, will mend public defense crisis
On June 7, Leein Hinkley, 43, appeared in Maine District Court in Auburn on domestic violence assault charges for the third time. Once again, there was no lawyer available under the state’s indigent defense system, and Judge Sarah Churchill reduced his bail to $1,500 cash, which was paid and Hinkley released. Ten days later, on […]
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Opinion: The U.S. Supreme Court is a law unto itself
And there’s almost nothing we can do about it.